BIB_ID
312965
Accession number
MA 7792.11
Creator
Burne-Jones, Georgiana, Lady, 1840-1920.
Display Date
1888 Jan. 4.
Credit line
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Part of a collection consisting of 64 letters from Sir Edward and Lady Georgiana Burne-Jones primarily to John Ruskin, Joan Severn, and their circle, dated ca. 1864 to 1918. Collection also contains copies of seven letters of Lady Burne-Jones to Ruskin from 1862, and three related envelopes. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Written on stationery embossed "The Grange, / West Kensington, W."
This collection was part of Helen Gill Viljoen's large bequest of John Ruskin-related material (formerly MA 3451).
Written on stationery embossed "The Grange, / West Kensington, W."
Provenance
Bequest of Helen Gill Viljoen in 1974.
Summary
Saying she is thankful for the good news of Ruskin; commenting on how lovely it was to read the mention that Ruskin made of her [Joan Severn] in the last Praeterita which seemed to her to be a "public profession of faith;" discussing family and friends.
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